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Mickey-mouse organizations.

—srikanth @ February 16, 2011

This question is multiple “firsts” for Boiledbeans, I think.

What’s the story behind these two sets of images?

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Cease and desist

—srikanth @ February 15, 2011

Simple enough - Logo of what/who?

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The CyanogenMod - an alternate firmware for Android phones that allows users to get a lot more features.


Spin it...

—srikanth @ February 14, 2011

Identify the location, and give us one techy reason why this was all over the news recently.

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The Natanz nuclear facility in Iran. It is rumoured that this is the main target of the super-sophisticated Stuxnet worm.


You are now entering...

—srikanth @ February 13, 2011

Famous pinball machine. On what theme?

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The Twilight Zone - the famous TV anthology.


Like the zodiac sign?

—srikanth @ February 12, 2011

Identify the character

His creator is more famous than he was:

PS: Death to the gremlins!

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Dev Null, voiced by Leo Laporte - the host of Twit.tv . An animated character on an MSNBC show The site.


Think before you name your kids

—devadutta @ February 11, 2011

This dude, started selling 2 with his last name as the brand. This made people think that the colloquial term for X originated from his name. But, ironically, the term had completely different older roots and this guy just happened to have that in his last name and even more ironically decided to sell 2.

Who is he?

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Thomas Crapper.


We don't need no Govt. control

—devadutta @ February 10, 2011

Another current affairs question. Who is this Googler? Why he famous?

Apologies for the delay folks. Gremlins staged a coup and captured the quizmaster. Rescue teams have been deployed.

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Many people say that the Egypt revolution picked up steam because of online campaigns run by Wael Ghonim. Mainly Facebook pages he started.


Its not Anakin

—devadutta @ February 9, 2011

Recent Meme. Who is this kid?

Hint:

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The Kid from the VW commercial


No can see

—devadutta @ February 8, 2011

Popular urban myth states that you can see this man-made structure from the Moon, but, none of the dudes who landed on the moon have ever seen it. Which structure are we talking about? (you can see it in this pic, its a satellite image)

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“The Great Wall Of China”


Is Russia visible?

—srikanth @ February 7, 2011

Who is this a reference to?

Fake whose-line-is-it-anyway style points for the whole story.

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Google Chrome’s “about:internets” page/easter-egg is a very obvious reference to the comment about the internet being a series of tubes by Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens.